Author Topic: Cuban Travel, Now with Bike and Car Photos (Read 3256 times)

nickjtc · « **Reply #25 on:** February 06, 2009, 08:54:21 PM »

Hey Derek....we're staying at the Tryp Peninsula Varadero, 16th to 23rd, so we'll overlap by 2 days. I'll buy you a beer at our hotels all-you-can-drink-for-free bar!

I'll be the lobster red guy lying on the beach... I'm recovering from my pulmonary artery ablation so will not be doing much of anything.

seaweb11 · « **Reply #26 on:** February 06, 2009, 11:49:50 PM »

I went on-line and looked at a map. You guys are at the very end of Pennisula, we are in town..Villa Tortuga.

I will make an effort to see you guys down there if your up for it.
You can give us the skinny on your visit.

Our 1st Night is the 21st .........late.........so I suppose it, should be on the 22nd?

gregimotis · « **Reply #27 on:** February 07, 2009, 09:17:43 AM »

Quote from: seaweb11 on February 06, 2009, 07:20:11 PM

Kathleen still travels on her US Passport so I was glad to see this on line
"Usually Cuban immigration does not stamp American passports. To avoid any mistakes, prior to handing over your documents, ask the immigration officer not to stamp your passport. "

We went to Cancun and hopped across. The Cubans gave a a separate stamped receipt after checking our passports and didn't even blink. Returning to Mexico we were worried about the customs there stamping our passports again (without another entry stamp between the two it would be obvious what had happened).

The Mexican authorities had an obviously rehearsed 'system' for handling the situation which involved collecting $50.00 each.

gregk · « **Reply #28 on:** February 07, 2009, 09:41:40 AM »

seaweb

I went to the local sports exchange and the salvation army store and picked up some ball gloves and balls for next to nothing.
We attended two baseball games in havana and saw some major league action. These guys are good! It gave me great pleasure to give the gloves and balls to some kids that were in the stands.
There are lots of good restarants and bars in havana, most with music at nite. There was no problem wandering around at day or nite.
You will run into alot of men with russian first names, which is to be expected! Vladimuir and Yori etc.
A good time is to go to the Floridita bar in havana. This was the place where Hemingway hung out and abused all who may enter the bar.
One of the biggest kicks I got was the American cars on the streets. It's like going back to 1959. As some one has already mentioned, alot of these cars have had power train transplants and are using Russian 4 cylinder diesels.
There is also a great number of motorcycles on the road. Most are small singles of undertermined brand and somehow they seem to get the whole family aboard and take to the streets. I hope you enjoy your visit as much as I did.

Greg